Starfish and Seahorse Class have had a fantastic first week at school!

We have been very busy learning our new routines and rules, making friends and having lots of fun of course!

Today we had our first PE discovery time. We learnt how to get changed for PE in our classrooms and the children were all very patient and tried really hard to be independent.

We can’t wait to go to the woods on Monday! Please remember to have your waterproof coat with you in school (just in case)

Below are some photos of our first week at school:

Starfish Group A

Starfish Group B

Seahorse Group A

Seahorse Group B

We hope you are enjoying your first days at St. Peters. We have certainly loved having you!

What a fabulous few days we have had- a treasure hunt around the school, paddling barefoot in the stream, stories, drawing, playing and meeting new friends!

Please also remember that Wednesday is library day, so if your child is coming in for the afternoon they will need to return their school library book in order to take out another one. Group A will get to change their books next week.

See you tomorrow,

The Early Years Team

Letters and Sounds:

• Miss Moncreaff’s Phonics Group: Revision of all Phase 3 sounds
• Mrs White’s Phonics Group:

ai, ea, igh, oa

• Miss Rhoades’ Phonics Group:
• oy, ir ue, aw
• Mrs O’Carolan’s Phonics Group:

a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e

Home Learning:

Have you got any questions to ask your new teacher? Could you write them down and give them to your new teacher?

Look at him now!

A message from Arabella’s Mum about how Jesus the chick/cockerel is now doing…

“As promised here are a couple of pictures of Jesus the Cockerel finally united with (hopefully) the mothers of his chicks. His girlfriends are called Cadbury, Pecky and Flecky (though I personally can’t tell the difference between them!) and, after a few little ‘spats’ they are all getting along fine. He crows from 3am now, all day until dusk, and has a lovely strong loud crow..ha ha. And as you can see, he is a handsome fellow! He remembers all the children from your class I’m sure, and is very grateful to be able to come and live with Arabella, and comes running when he hears children’s voices! “

We had such an amazing day and saw so many animals! We also managed to take part in an animal explorers workshop where we had to follow clues to find a particular animal… Mrs O’Carolan’s group had to find an Ostrich! (Can you see the Ostrich skull in the picture above?)

Thank you also to all of the lovely parent helpers who made the trip possible…a huge thank you from everyone in Early Years.

Last week we were playing in the outside area when one of the children in our year group found a giant moth!

It was really exciting to look at the moth up close and notice all of the body parts a moth has. We finally let it go and put it in a safe place so it wouldn’t be found by any predators!

Seahorse Class have been having a go at beat-boxing… check it out!

Miss Moncreaff x

Home Learning for this week…
Letters and Sounds:
• Miss Moncreaff’s Phonics Group:
He, she, v, w
• Mrs White’s Phonics Group:
Sh, ch, th, ng and tricky words we, me, be
• Miss Rhoades’ Phonics Group:
Tricky words do, when, out, what and spelling two syllable words
• Mrs O’Carolan’s Phonics Group:
Wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey and tricky words said, so, have, like

Home Learning:
We are looking forward to our visit to Marwell… What do you think you will see? Can you write about it?
How about counting minibeasts in your garden?

Hello!

We hope you have enjoyed your INSET day! We have been learning lots ready for this week.

Just a quick reminder that we are hoping to visit Marwell Wildlife on Wednesday 24th June. However, this will only be possible if all reply slips are back and enough parents are able to volunteer. Thanks so much to the 3 parents who have kindly offered to help already, but if you feel you may be able to join us, please let us know ASAP.

Thanks and see you tomorrow!

Miss Rhoades and Miss Moncreaff

Don’t forget!

Please come in wearing the correct colour kit tomorrow.

Parents are welcome from 12.30.

See you there if you can make it!

Miss Rhoades and Miss Moncreaff